Mexican artist Andrés Basurto's
glass mosaic sculptures deal with the act of construction through the action of
destruction. Using shards from glass bottles that at one time held wine and
beer, Basurto molds the raw material into specific shapes that evoke the human
skull and skeleton as a container of the
soul.

His sculptures represent the
essential and primitive human desire to preserve and hold life together with the
inutile need to control death, making evident the fragility of our
existence.

Running concurrently with this exhibition, Lyons Wier
Galleryis working in collaboration with Antena Estudio from Mexico City and
Andrés Basurto at PULSE New York from March 3-6, 2011.

Currently on View in the Gallery thru 2/27/11: James Rieck -
Enter the
Dragon

Utilizing the ubiquitous form of communication and self-expression of
the T-shirt, artist James Rieck uses the T-shirt as a blank slate upon which he
communicates the narrative in his work.Exclusively
appropriating action film stills from Bruce Lee movies, including the use of
Lee's most famous film as the title of his show, Rieck digitally composes Lee's
classic martial art scenes onto his subjects T-shirts.Each
larger than life painting hosts an individual or group of tantalizing young
women, whose body language conveys the choreographed Kung-Fu scene adorning
their snug fitting shirts. for full press release &
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